Isn't there some saying about if you hear hooves running, look for horses not zebras? Well, we arrived at the tourist attraction ranch and discovered zebras! And a few more exotic creatures:
Chinese red deer, black something deer, European deer (with the huge racks), antelopes, lamas,reindeer, and of course Texas Longhorns. We watched one of those giant antlered European deer scare a longhorn steer into moving out of its way. Side note: These below are a species of African antelope that is endangered--- many of them are now on ranch land in Texas because it closely mimics their native climate -- but their native areas of Africa are loosing grass and water with global warming. This ranch and others in Texas have small herds of them, hoping to be able to return them to Africa some day. I was struck by how closely their faces resembled African masks.
The kids were impressed with all the critters we saw on the covered wagon ride.
Then we explored the ranch, which is a movie set of an old west town and homestead.
And we met Woodrow who is a real, live longhorn who let kids sit on his back.
Us grown ups just got to grab him by the horns. Yes, we literally grabbed the bull by the horns.
Micah declared himself sheriff.
Gabi made friends with Buster the fawn who wandered the ranch property.
Blake got called up for audience participation during Pistol Packin' Paulas gun twirlin' and whip crackin' show. 
Gabi rode a pony.
And we all had fun!
